When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man-servant-a combined gardener and cook-had seen in at least ten years. Questions: A. Identify the author and the title of the work from which the above excerpt is taken. B. How do you explain "a fallen monument"? C. For what different reasons did the men and women go to Miss Emily' s funeral?
【正确答案】：A: WILLIAM FAULKNER IS THE AUTHOR AND THE TITLE OF THE WORK IS A ROSE FOR EMILY.B: A FALLEN MONUMENT MEANS THAT EMILY IS REGARDED AS THE SYMBOL OF TRADITION AND THE OLD WAY OF LIFE, AND THUS HER DEATH IS LIKE THE FALLING OF A MONUMENT.C: THE MEN AND WOMEN GO TO MISS EMILY' S FUNERAL FOR DIFFERENT REASONS: THE MEN WANT TO SHOW THEIR RESPECT AND AFFECTION FOR MISS EMILY, WHILE THE WOMEN ARE MOSTLY CURIOUS TO SEE THE INSIDE OF HER HOUSE.
【题目解析】：教材617页。A. 本题选自福克纳的《给艾米莉的玫瑰》。B. 一个堕落的纪念碑意味着艾米莉被认为是传统和旧的生活方式的象征，因而她的去世就像是一个堕落的纪念碑。C. 人们出于不同的原因去参加艾米莉的葬礼：男人们去的原因是想表达自己对象征传统和旧生活的艾米莉小姐的尊敬和喜爱，而女人们大多是出于好奇想去看看艾米莉的房间里面怎样。
